Cataloging & Classification Quarterly

Volume 28, Number 2 2000

Table of Contents

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Time for Change:A New Approach to Cataloguing Concepts.
By F. H. AyresAbstract.Three factors are likely to force dramatic changes in the libraries of
the future.They are the increase
in electronic publishing, the digitising of conventional library materials, and
the Internet which is creating a second information revolution.New concepts are need for catalguing functions in the Internet
environment.Cataloguing, now a
pre-coordinate funcation should shift to a post-coordinate activity.Authority control should become an activity of the searching stage rather
than the cataloguing stage.Union
titles will be needed as one of the linking mechanisms.The value of ISBD needs to be justified.Issues connected with the internet and search engines are
explored.A scenario for the
Catalogue 2000 is given that includes the cataloguers aims being the inclusion
of library catalogue material that is relevant but not necessarily in the
library.

BOPAC2: a New Concept in OPAC Design and Bibliographic Control.
By F.H.Ayres, L.P.S.Nielsen, M.J.Ridley, Department of Computing University
of Bradford
Abstract. This paper describes a Research Project, funded by the British
Library Research and Innovation Centre, from September 1996 to January 1998 [1].
The Project developed and extensively tested and evaluated a World Wide Web
front end called BOPAC2 that allows access to a number of library catalogues via
Z39.50 either simultaneously or individually. BOPAC2 is designed to make access
to large and complex retrievals simpler. Similar records are clustered together
and retrievals may be sorted in a number of ways and by different criteria. The
design, development and evaluation of the system are described along with
suggestions for future work.

Subject Searching in Online Catalogs Including Spanish
and English Material.ByFiliberto Felipe Martinez ArellanoAbstract.The use of title words, the combination of these through the
use of logic operators, and the possibility of truncating them when carrying out
subject searches, are some of the search options that have been incorporated
into the online catalog.Several
arguments in favor of these options have been expressed which state that they
represent an approach for the use of natural language and that they facilitate
information retrieval. However, expressed arguments against them that support
the necessity of using controlled language to obtain more precision in search
results also exist.This paper
reports the main results from a study whose objective was to compare advantages
and disadvantages of retrieval by keywords from the title and by subject
headings included in the records of LIBRUNAM, an online catalog containing
records for English and Spanish items at the National Autonomous University of
Mexico.

Review and Prospect for Centralized Cataloging in China.
ByJessica
Liu.
Doctoral student of the Department of Library and Information
Science, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China ( jialiulj@hotmail.com)Abstract. With
a long history, cataloging has developed gradually in China. Nowadays, both the
content and method of cataloging have changed in many ways. As a type of
organizing cataloging model, centralized cataloging came into being in 1936 in
China. The history and the current status of centralized cataloging in China are
described in the paper. The prospect for cataloging in the country is also
discussed. In respect to resource building and sharing, cooperative cataloging
is thought to be the best way to develop cataloging in the future.

Indexing Form and Genre Terms in a Large
Academic OPAC:the Harvard
Experience. By
Jeffrey Beall

Abstract:
Catalogers at Harvard University have been adding form and genre data to
MARC records in HOLLIS, the Universityís online library catalog, since 1994.
The addition of this data in bibliographic records allows library users to more
easily access some materials described in the catalog.This paper describes how form and genre data is indexed in the catalog
and analyzes the value of adding, indexing, and using this bibliographic data.

Abstract.
Standardized classification systems such as DDC and LCC alleviate from
catalogers the task of creating original call numbers for materials.However, historically not all librarians found it feasible to follow
these standards and sought to create classification systems more appropriate to
the holdings and collections of their own libraries.Such was the case for many art libraries, where the creation of an
independent classification scheme seemed appropriate based on their specialized
collections.Among these libraries
are the Toledo Museum of Art Library, the Rhode Island School of Design Library,
the Museum of Modern Art Library, and the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
Library.This comparative study of
the alternate classification systems currently used or once used in these
libraries results in some suggestions one should consider in evaluating and/or
creating an alternate classification scheme for an art library.

BOOK REVIEWS. By
Michael Carpenter, Reviews
Editor

Book
Review Editorís NotesMaterials Received

International Conference
on the Principles and Future Development of AACR (1997 : Toronto, Ontario,
Canada).The Principles and Future of AACR : Proceedings of the International
conference on the Principles and Future Development of AACR, Jean Weihs,
editor. Reviewed by J. McRee Elrod